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Malaysia should not deport dozens of
asylum seekers detained by the police in a recent crackdown, Human
Rights Watch urged. Most of the detainees have fled the war-torn
Aceh province in neighboring Indonesia.

New Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt set out a ''road map to democracy'', promising new talks with detained Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party on a new constitution leading to elections, witnesses said.

JVP Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa addressing the massive crowd gathered at the Lipton Circus said that this flow of people indicated that it was time for the government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to go home.

Alastair Campbell has announced he is to leave his Downing Street job in a shock move mid-way through the Hutton inquiry. His place will be taken by David Hill, a former director of communications for the Labour party.

A top Shiite Muslim leader, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim, was martyred in a car bomb attack in an apparent assassination that dealt a further blow to the increasingly embattled U.S. occupation of Iraq.

India and Myanmar will open high-level defence exchanges, with the Naval Chief Admiral Madhvendera Singh embarking upon a visit to Yangon from September three and Myanmar Air Force Chief Major General Myat arriving here on Monday.

A French diplomat announced the determination of Paris to veto the British draft resolution to lift sanctions from Libya if it is put to a vote at the UN security council. A matter which pushed Britain to announce postponing the vote on the draft resolution until next week.